Primary Artist Last
Ruckstull
Primary Artist First
Frederick
Primary Artist Middle
Wellington
Secondary Artist Last
Petrovics
Secondary Artist First
Joseph
Secondary Artist Middle
NULL
Primary Architect Last
NULL
Primary Architect First
NULL
Primary Architect Middle
NULL
Secondary Architect Last
NULL
Secondary Architect First
NULL
Secondary Architect Middle
NULL
Landscape Architect Last
NULL
Landscape Architect First
NULL
Landscape Architect Middle
NULL
Foundry
Bertelli Foundry, Brooklyn, NY (original ); Sculpture House Casting, NY, NY (replacement )
Fabricator
Alexander Ettl (original ); Alex J. Ettl (first replacement )
Date Created Approximation
Y
Date Dedicated Approximation
N
Artwork Type1
Sculpture, plinth, stele, plaque
Location Name
Prospect Park
Address
Prospect Park Wildlife Center
Subject Keyword
American Revolutionary War, Colonial, War
Inscription
Main plaque: SITE OF THE DONGAN OAK / AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, / ON THE HILL TO THE NORTH OF THIS / SPOT, THE AMERICANS HAD A REDOUBT / WITH TWO GUNS, TO GUARD THE OLD / VALLEY GROVE ROAD, CALLED BY THE / EARLY SETTLERS THE "PORTE", MEANING / GATE-WAY THROUGH THE HILLS, AND WHICH / RAN IN FRONT OF THIS MONUMENT. BY / THAT ROAD STOOD A WHITE-OAK, MENTIONED / IN THE PATENT OF GOVERNOR DONGAN, / NOVEMBER 12, 1685, AS A MARKER BETWEEN / FLATBUST AND BROOKLYN. THIS TREE WAS / CUT DOWN AND THROWN ACROSS THE / ROAD, WITH THE DENSE WOODS ON THE / SOUTH AND SWAMPS ON THE NORTH, IT / MADE AN IMPORTANT OBSTRUCTION. / AMERICANS, COMMANDED BY GENERAL / SULLIVAN, VALIANTLY DEFENDED THIS POSITION / AGAINST THE HESSIAN GENERAL DE HEISTER, / UNTIL ATTACKED FROM THE REAR BY BRITISH / TROOPS, UNDER GENERAL CLINTON, THEN / THEY RETIRED IN GOOD ORDER, BRINGING / OFF THEIR ARTILLERY. / (ground plaque): THIS MONUMENT / DEDICATED ON / NOVEMBER 25, 1922 / WAS RESTORED BY / THE PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE. /---/ ALEXANDER ETTL, / THE ORIGINAL CASTER / RECREATED F.W. RUCKSTULL'S / EAGLE AND PLAQUE. /---/ REDEDICATED / JUNE 6, 1991. /
Managing City Agency
Department of Parks and Recreation
Acquisition
Gift of the St. Nicholas Society of New York (original marker); Prospect Park Alliance ( second replacement eagle and plinth)